Sometimes the best experiences in life come from unplanned adventures, an impromptu decision to take a right turn instead of going straight ahead, or a spur of the moment decision to join a bike touring trip made up of people you hardly know. Most of my cycling adventures thus far had been solo rides andContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia: Putrajaya to Malacca and back (15- 18 November 2012) – PRELUDE”
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Bike Touring in Malaysia: Simple Malay phrases for survival on the road
One thing good about the internet, it is borderless and distance does not mean anything anymore. You can skype with a friend at the other side of the world, thousands of miles away real-time. Of course you still have the different time zones to deal with. Malaysia sits on GMT + 8 hours so byContinue reading “Bike Touring in Malaysia: Simple Malay phrases for survival on the road”
My Solo Century Ride on a Touring Bike
Definition of Century Ride A century ride is a bicycle ride of 100 miles (160.9 km) or more within 12 hours, usually as a cycling club-sponsored event. Many cycling clubs sponsor an annual century ride as both a social event for cyclists and as a fund-raiser for the club’s other activities. Club-sponsored century rides typicallyContinue reading “My Solo Century Ride on a Touring Bike”
Cycling up Bukit Malawati, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
If you feel like doing some moderate climbing you can cycle up Bukit Malawati in Kuala Selangor. To make it more challenging leave your 30-speed mountain bike at home and bring out your 6-speed 20 inch tyre folding bikes to do the job. The hill used to be a strong fort for the Selangor SultanateContinue reading “Cycling up Bukit Malawati, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia”
Cycling along paddy fields in Sekinchan, Malaysia
To escape the city where I live I would go Sekinchan 60km away and get transported in the middle of paddy fields. Here you will have depending on months either soothing green fields with golden rice or meadow of brown hay welcoming you. Cycling paths between the paddy fields goes on for miles with hardlyContinue reading “Cycling along paddy fields in Sekinchan, Malaysia”
Malaysia Route 5 